Ilhan Omar forced to defend 'US Israel Hamas' tweet she says was 'not a moral comparison' and was taken out of context from a conversation referring to specific ICC cases
In her tweet, shared with a more detailed video that explains the need for international justice mechanisms, Omar said: “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the US, Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice.”
In a series of tweets, Omar also said her critics' public rebuke of her was “shameful," accused them of “Islamophobic tropes" and said she was merely seeking justice “for all victims of crimes against humanity.”"Freedom of speech doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress." “We’re your colleagues,” she tweeted. “Talk to us directly. Enough with the anti-Blackness and Islamophobia.”
The Republican party is expected to train attention on Omar's words when the House returns next week from recess. McCarthy has resisted Democrats' calls to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene, who last month compared Pelosi's requirement that lawmakers wear masks in the House chamber to Nazis requiring Jews to wear yellow stars during the Holocaust.
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